Posted by Ray on May 03, 2003 at 06:52:10:
In Reply to: Re: Support for our troops posted by Joe on May 03, 2003 at 06:21:20:
> > > > > you definitely need to put some yellow ribbons on graves
> of Iraqis
> > > > > civilians and on the limbs of Iraqis kids...in support of your
> brave
> > > > > amerrrrican troops, of course!
> > > > >
> > > > > by the way - where are those weapons of mass
> destruction??? hmmm,
> > > > > all they found there is oil, but no weapons...that's
> strange...isn't
Well Joe,I agree there are other countries that have a dictater,And maybe we will go after them also, But as you and so many feel we are forceing our self and our belife's on them, Im sure Iraq dont want a dictater back in their country,I dont belive it is the good people of Iraqthat wants us out,There are still follower's of Hussan's there that are trying to get a grip back on the country,The people never had a chance to work, Maybe now they can find a job that will give them a descent living and a chance to have that vacation.I am not going to bash my president,I have been to other countrie's where there was no freedom to speak, And thats what makes me proud to be an American,And I have been to countries that have been living in a democery and enjoying it, They changed their way of live, Only because they wanted to. Freedom will take a lot of time and work,It wont happen over night. And right now the people of Iraq is getting the first taste of that freedom,And I strongly belive things will work out for them.
And Joe I will bet you the best cup of coffee in town, The USA will not except one oz of oil from Iraq unless we pay for it.
> > > it?
> > > > > but please, don't bother yourself to think about that - the point
> is
> > > that
> > > > > you will be buying cheaper gasoline pretty soon.
> > > > Not strange at all that they haven't found any weapons of mass
> > > distruction yet,But I am sure there will be when they find out where
> they
> > > were hid or destroyed at. And I am surely glad they weren't any there
> to
> > > use on our boy's and girl's or that there wasen't any to be used on
> the
> > > people of Iraq
> > > > like had been done before.Instead of blaming the troop's for being
> over
> > > there as killer's as so many has,I think we should be on our knee's
> > > thanking them. God bless our troop's and God Bless My America.
> > > Why not God Bless the Iraqi people Ray, they are the ones who
> suffered
> > > from this war, they had nothing and even that was taken from them. God
> is
> > > for everyone not just people from this country. Our soldiers fought
> well
> > > just as they were trained, sure some killed civilians, some mistakenly
> > > killed their own , some killedfellow soldiers, some stole money and
> > > atrifacts but all of this is nothing different than any other
> war.Israel
> > > has weapons of mass destruction, so do we - more than you could ever
> > > imagine, does that mean we should destroy ourselves. History will
> prove
> > > that this war should never have been fought , out intelligence knew
> the
> > > truth, all this stuff about Bush flying in and landing on a ship to
> see
> > > the troops is just setting him up for the 2004 Election .Sometimes we
> have
> > > to use the brain God gave us and make our own decisions not those that
> are
> > > force fed to us.
> > Joe you are so right, The people in Iraq has suffered long and
> hard,Because of a dictater, Slaughtered his own people by the
> thousands,Raped and torchered the woman of the country,Had two son's that
> were as bad or maybe a little worse then he was.This is what we took away
> from the the people in Iraq and gave them the freedom to speak there own
> > mind. How quick we forget about what has happened to us right here on
> our own shore's,Yes let's blame it on our president,This started a long
> time before Bush came into office,I am not a big Bush fan my self, But he
> is our president and I will support him, To many people have forgotten who
> gave them their freedom to post a message here and to be able to speak
> freely,And who those who are still laying their live's on the line so that
> we may,Continue to do so. It tickled me pink Joe to see the people in Iraq
> > stand up and say what they think, Some thing they could never do. Oh how
> bad we treated them. The only ground that we had ever ask for from any
> country was to bury our dead.I see the protester on TV and I have to
> laugh,And then I think about part of a song Country singer Merle Haggerd
> sang. IF YOU DON"T LOVE IT LEAVE IT, And I belive God is watching over
> those people as much as they want him to be.
>
> The only thing that gets? me Ray is that there are other countries
> that have dictators also, people there are persecuted just as those in
> Iraq were and we look the other way, have for years, so why Iraq? The
> oil , political reasons? Personally I don't care about Bush one way or the
> other either, at times I feel we could have a cartoon chracter running
> this country and no one would notice the difference. It seems as long as
> the stock market is going well , people are happy.The people of Iraq that
> are Christians believe in God I imagine and the others in a higher
> power.But now they want us out. They are so used to the Sadaam type of
> government they know nothing else. Freedom as we know it , is not a
> concept that they understand, so they want something similar to what they
> had. Most have so little that it is just a gift to live another day.They
> don't say well I have 4 weeks vacation this year, maybe we can go to
> Disneyworld for one week and somewhere else another. No, they say do we
> have enough flour to make bread for the day, they can't or don't worry
> about tomorrow. We can't force them to believe like we do because our
> culture and values are different.That is why the people of many countries
> hate us, we try to force them to live and think like we do and no one said
> we are right , what if you had been born Iraqui- how do you think your
> live would have been lived.Would you even be alive now?We are lucky to
> have been born in the greatest country in the world but just like being a
> Christian, there comes a certain responsibilty with that.